John Porcari is a bit of a reality TV show junkie. When he wants to work out, Dr Porcari, a retired professor of sports and exercise science from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, goes downstairs...
Although workers from a garment factory in Yangon’s Mingaladon Township said they were able to secure some concessions after protesting labour conditions last week, repression from employers has...
By this point in the long slog of the pandemic, many people know the telltale symptoms of a COVID-19 infection: A ragged ache in your throat, a pernicious cough, congestion, fever and full-body...
The Arakan Army (AA) has denied detaining 15 civilians from southern Chin State’s Paletwa Township, saying that it has only six military informants in its custody. Speaking to Myanmar Now on...
In the third episode of CNA Women's podcast Womankind, hosts Penelope Chan and Hidayah Salamat, and obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Shilla Mariah Yussof, break down Pap smears, Human Papillomavirus...
Yangon residents say that Myanmar’s military has been on high alert in the city since Tuesday following a series of explosions in several different townships. Military vehicles were seen...
Product designer Lim Jin Ying still remembers her first encounter with a supermarket assistant with hearing loss as a young child. “I asked him to help me find something and instead of answering...
Urban guerrilla groups in Yangon and Mandalay have mounted multiple attacks on regime targets over the past two days, according to sources in Myanmar’s two largest cities. In Yangon, a group...